entrailsgalore Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 Lemmon wood coals are "ok". But if youre going to buy natural wood coals, I would suggest olive wood or nour fingers. You can get coals like nour if you choose. But those are the best in my opinnion. They burn hotter than quick lights, and olive wood coals last the longest. They used to last me anywhere from4 5 minutes to an hour and a half. How do you light? A stove top works fine. Thats how I light all my coals, even quick lights. A stove top is perfectly safe, gas or electric burners. A propane grill would work too, if you wanted to light them outside instead. And it is worth the extra effort. Nour fingers last anywhere from 30 minutes to an hours depending on how many you use. They dotn add ANY flavor AT ALL to yoru smoke. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR Bubble Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 Hello Craig. I asked the same question myself at one time and made a burn can for lighting natural coals. I took a large saur kraut can, cleaned it up and removed the label. Next, I punched a few small holes in the bottom and in the side about 1/2 inch up from the base. I simple put my pre-cut coals in it, place it on the electric stove top and have at it. While it's cooking, thi is the time to load your bowl and punch the holes in the foil. After a few short minutes, you will notice a flame across the coals. Just let it keep burning and when the fire subsides, this is about the time to TURN OFF THE BURNER (impotant enough for caps obviously) and remove with long tongs. Enjoy. ALSO, if you use olive wood coals or NOUR fingers, and feel more of a buzz than normal, discontinue use. You may even have a high heart beat and headache. Most people do well with these olive wood jobs, but there are a few that have a reaction because it is not pure olive wood that goes into them. It is olive "waste" like ground up pits that have been pressed under high heat. Olive wood is to precious a commodity to cut up and sell for smoking, but the pits are so many they are a problem and need to be processed into something. Don't let me scare you from trying this. Most people do fine with them. Just be aware of your body when trying them. The lemon wood is better for me though. ENJOY, MR Bubble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathazar Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 www.hookah-shisha.com offers a coal pan to carry your coals from the stove to your hookah. It's $7.95 and it looks like it would be perfect for carrying lemon wood. Though, I haven't tried the lemon wood, yet, but they also carry lemon wood coals and I've been thinking about trying them. I also am getting a lot of charcoal flavor in my smoke, and it's pissing me off. I've got very expensive tobacco from Hookah-Shisha.com and I'm not getting the full flavor of the tobacco because of the damn coals. I've been using 3Kings coals, but they add too much charcoal flavor, and I can hardly taste the tobacco. Then I switched to Golden Coals, and though it doesn't add a lot of charcoal flavor, it does somehow mask the tobacco flavor, so that all I'm getting is a bitter tobacco flavor. I don't know what the answer is, but it's got to be out there somewhere. I thought about using the Hookah Electric Heater from Hookah-Shisha, but a couple people on the forum have claimed that it's a TOTAL waste of money, that it gets too HOT and burns the tobacco. Let us know what you decided to do, as I'm interested in finding some sort of replacement for these regular coals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamaliel Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 I've also been thinking about switching to natural coals,how are the Nour brand coals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highpockets Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 I like the Nour's, they're my go to brand, however, Bubble will tell you they give him a nasty effect, so I guess it depends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumystery Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 about charcoal holding, the cutest holder is at www.smoking-hookah.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkibak Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 Is there any reason not to place them straight on the electric stove? That's what I've been doing for a year (hopefully not killing myself). I found the Lemon Wood Coals to be pretty nice, but they didn't burn as well as some of the local ones I've found in mid-east stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted December 21, 2004 Author Share Posted December 21, 2004 OK... I went and order some Lemon Wood Coals from Social Smoke... Along with an Al-Fakher 5 pack... I also order some Nour Finger coals (And some more Lemon Wood) from TheHookah.com. I only got the order from social smoke and tried the Lemon Wood from them... To Light, I used an small tin can that I took the bottom out of, place a grate in the bottom (Actually about an inch from the bottom) and put it over the stove to light... It took a while to get them glowing red, just enough time to set up my hookah with a bowl of Al-Fakher Coconut. I place about 5 chunks in the can and light them all up for my session. To start I placed one big chunk and a small chunk on the bowl, then as the session went on I added Coals as normal. Very clean burning and NO funky coal taste what so ever in the smoke. As for the Coconut... Good flavor right from the start, but faded about half way. The flavor wasn't too string, but gave a real nice coconut aroma in the nose as you smoked.. Still have to try the Cola and melon. And my order from TheHookah should be here tomorrow with the Nour Finger Coals. -Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted December 21, 2004 Author Share Posted December 21, 2004 One thing I forgot to say is... The Lemon Woods from Social Smoke hardly make any ash as they burn.. With the Golden coals you seem to get a nice pile of ashes.. but with the natural, there seems to be very little??? Let me know if anyone else is playing with Natural Coals -Craig ps... in the above post Change "The flavor wasn't too string" to "The flavor wasn't too [b]strong[/b]" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathazar Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 To light natural coals, get The Messermeister Butane Torch at: www.ChefDepot.net/minitorch.htm It's the first picture on the page. I actually ordered the 5th picture on the page, but they sent me the Messermeister instead. And to tell you the truth, I couldn't be happier. The flame gets SO intensely-hot that my coals are REDHOT literally within seconds, about 30 seconds. Pick this puppy up, I guarantee you won't be disappointed. And be sure to get yourself enough Butane cans. They're big cans, but depending on how often you smoke, you may want to get yourself a dozen or so cans. I bought 20 cans at $5.95 each. It was WELL worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookahCulture Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 Gasoline with coals??? HUH?? With the Nour fingers, which are decent, I put them on my electric coil stove and turn them after a few minutes. Nice and red! However with a gas stove you need some sort of grilled aparatus. I made one out of a small tuna can and some coat hanger wire, with some 1/2 inch holes in the bottom for the flames to help. Beware of the can you use, you don't want anything with a plastic lining. Just a NATURAL tin. I will say that the CHINESE (gasp!!) "Majestic" coals in the red bag are the SUPERIOR "natural" coals. No odor AT ALL and clean burning. Oh yeah, things are coming to a head regarding the copyright infringement, I'll let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookahCulture Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 Oh yeah the MAJESTIC coals I mentioned in the previous post here, I meant to say DIAMANTE. I don't know where I got "majestic" from! DIAMANTE is the superior Chinese natural charcoal. Red bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyteboy Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 I just ordered a bag of the Lemon Wood coals from social smoke. Still waiting for my hookah to arrive...my plan is to place the coal directly on my electric stove and then take them from the stove with tongs directly onto the bowl... Was thinking of just using a regular plate to hold underneath the coal in case it drops from the tongs.... hoping the lemon wood don't add a flavor to the tobacco, but I heard they don't and they they burn really well. only question is, do you get ONE side (obviously the side facing the stove) RED hot and then take off or do you sort of "flip" the coal so that it is red hot on all sides? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypress Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 All the sides of the coal need to be red, oranga or yellow colored. Just use the tongs to flip it over. I have found the easiest way for me to handle the coals is to use a steamer pot. Its the one with holes in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 I'm going to save everyone here a lot of time, and if you decide you might want that butane torch Mathazar pointed out, a lot of money as well. Head on over to your local Home Depot in the hand tools section or whatever, and get a BerzOmatic handheld torch. They carry package deals which comes with an autoignition, which is unneccesary. You just buy this puppy which comes with one canister of propane, and a valve which you light with a simple Bic Lighter. If you buy this package, it only costs 12 dollars US, and the a replacement canister of propane is only 2 DOLLARS!! Not that you will need it any time soon, as these puppies will last you HOURS of use. Best investment I ever made when starting hookah. [url="http://img154.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img154&image=picture0466hn.jpg"][img]http://img154.exs.cx/img154/5946/picture0466hn.th.jpg[/img][/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyteboy Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 cypress, is there something wrong with placing the coal directly on the stove? and just turning it over or rotating it til its all heated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyteboy Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 anyone else think diamante is a great coal too? I am still waiting for my lemon wood to come in the mail but figured there can never be too many opinions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypress Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 There is nothing wrong. Since i have a gas stove i just hate when the coal falls past the element and I have to cut the stove off, lift up the top part of the stove to get the damn coal. It may be easier using electric. Since i have 3 hookahs and if we have company over lighting several coals at once is much easier that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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